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WADE RATHKE is the founder of ACORN, Chief Organizer at ACORN International, and Author of "Nuts & Bolts", "Citizen Wealth", "Global Grassroots", and "The Battle for the 9th Ward".

Month: September 2016

Foundation Confusion: Is it Charity or Branding?

DC Politics National Politics September 30, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Poor Donald Trump. He just can’t catch a break it seems, and somehow the defense that “that’s business,” doesn’t seem to be working for enough people. One of the latest examples revolves around the Trump family foundation. An exhaustive report in The Washington Post found that Trump has used the foundation to make …

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Is Wells Fargo Forcing Regulators and Politicians to Finally Take on the Banks?

Ideas and Issues September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 by digital

New Orleans   Ok, I’ve always been clear that Wells Fargo for more than a decade has led my list as the most evil and customer-exploiting of the nation’s big banks, and I am loving the fact that they have been caught red handed in fraud and are having their comeuppance. No one can ever take …

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Trump May Be Rebuilding the Women’s Movement

National Politics September 28, 2016 by digital

New Orleans    In spite of himself Donald Trump may launch a sea change in the way that American women are dealt with in both private and public by serving as a poster boy for how much American men say they have changed, and how little they have actually changed. He has made no special effort …

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